Support for hams and other meat products



Jn. 13, 1931. H. M. KOEBLER f 1,788,722

SUPPORT FOR HAMS AND OTHER MEAT PRODUCTS Filed Aug. e, 192e Patented Jan. .213, 1931 UNITED STATE HERBERT M. KoERLRR, oRPoRTLAND, oie-neon i SUPPORT RoR HAMs AND orirnR MEArPRoDUors Application med August s, 1928'.Vr serial No. 297,899. l i

Myk new and improved meat support ref lates to supporting devices for hams, smoked meats, picnic hams and the like and has for its primary object the supporting of the ,5 meat products during curing and thereafter for the supporting and displaying of the meat products.

The primary object of my device isY 1n economy of manufacture, economy in time of application of the device to the meat product and safety in supporting the same especially in the curing and smoking operation.

Still further objects of my devicerelates to the lesser damage to the meat during the application of the same to the meat to besupportedand cured.

Still further objects of my device consist in a supporting element that may be used` many times Without destroying, or in any way impairing the life of the same.

l/Vith these and incidental objects in View,

the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claim, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter shown with reference to the drawings which accompany and form a part of this specilication.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view ofone of my new and improved hangers in place upon the supporting bar for displayingmeat products.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view in modied form of my supporting device.

Fig. 3 is a side view of my new and im proved device, illustrating the use of the same in the displaying of meat products.

Fig. 4 is a side View of mydevice espeing of hams.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the device shown in detail in Fig. 4.

` Fig. 6 is a front view in modified form.

Heretofore it has been the general custom in thedisplaying and in the curing of meat, hams, dried meat, picnic hams and the like A tosupport the same upon a fabric string, rope, or cord. This method of supporting re- 40 lcially adapted for the' displaying and smokquired the piercing of the meat element with round supporting element is in general use,

a piercing tool and thefwithdrawal of .the same after the supporting cord had been passed throughtheeye of the piercing instrument. The cord was drawn through the l wound thus'made in the meat. In the curing 1 and smokingoperation, the cord many vtimes became loosened or disengaged therebypermitting the meat product to fall into the fire. Also thel cost of cord is an eXpensive'item and utterlyunsanitary. The 'insertion 'of the' piercing instrument' is a `most wasteful meth-` od, thereby causing an economic loss both in meat aswell as in cord and other perishable supports. Y

' Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views. f

The device/.is preferably made of one piece of metallic material having alloo'p l disposed n at its upper end adapted to engage upon a, supportingelement 2,*asa display rack, or a support rack disposed within the refrigerator box. A stem 3 downwardly vextends from the loop 1, being preferably od-set, so that the center t is directly suspended beneath the y centerr of the loop 1. The hook 5, upwardly4 extends from the'center support'and is upwardly turned sufficient to prevent the falling therefrom of the meat to be 'supported thereupon. The form f of supporting ele-A ment illustrated in Figi, is used wherein the 1" meat to be displayed will be disposed to an edge view. Where a side view support is used, the support used in Fig. 2, is found to be a preferable form wherein the yoke 6 is l adapted to engage and be supported upon the supporting element 7 In most meat racks and cold storage boxes, rectangular bars are used, as that illustrated in Fig. Il,l

but in smoke houses `and on smoke racks,

as illustrated in Fig. 2, and therefore the support to which the yoke is adapted will predetermine the kshape thereof. The supporting shank 8 being sufficiently oset toV suspend the central portion 9 of the yoke immediately beneath they supporting bar 7;

a supporting hook 10 being outwardly extending from the central portion and upturned sufficiently to prevent the falling of Vthe meat therefrom to be displayed thereu on.

pWhile I have shown my device in several views, in slightly modied form, in preferred embodiment, I have found best results obtain both in the use and in the life of the device and in the economy lof manufacture wherein the same is made of a single piece preferably of spring or high carbon material that `has been tuned or galvanized and made substantially as. illustrated. The modiied forms, as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are only modications ofthe principle.

While the form of mechanism herein shovvn andV described, is admirably adapted to fuliill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to conline the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shovvn and described, as it issusceptible o1 embodiment in various forms, all coming Within the scope of the claim which follows.V

-A meatsupporting hook comprising a one i piece resilient body element having a shank v support disposed aty its upper end, a stem downwardly extending and off-set to bring the saine substantially beneath the center of the yoke, then a circular loop arrangement Y endin g in an upwardly inclined sharp pointed hook outwardly extending from a point central of the loop and substantially in line With upper part of stem, substantially vas shown and described. Y

` y HERBERT M. KOEBLER.

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